Rambling On ⭐️ Drop Zone Action e-News #562 (29 May – 4 June 2023)

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

🎉 Achievements 🎉

⭐️ Mark – Completed AFF Course
⭐️ Sarah – Completed AFF Course

Welcome to skydiving. When you finish AFF, remember to apply for your AFF Stage 9 $100 rebate from the Queensland Parachuting Association, and keep jumping!

⭐️ Shelby – 1300 Jumps

Congratulations! 👏


On Monday 29th May there were 15 fun jumpers and 4 loads were done. AFF Course students Mark did Stage 5, Logan (Li) did Stages 5, 6, 7 & 8 of his AFF Course.  Scott did 2 B-Rel Coach jumps with Reece.

Mark AFF Stage 5 – photo by Robin
Logan AFF Stage 5 – photo by Adrian
Logan AFF Stage 6 – photo by Adrian
Scott B-Rel 5 exit – photo by Reece
Scott B-Rel 5 – photo by Reece
Dan’s exit – photo by Reece

On Tuesday  7 fun jumpers got onto 3 loads. Wednesday was quiet.


Thursday 1st June!! Four sorties were done by the 18 fun jumpers who were here. We also had new AFF student Nathan do his TAFF Stage 1 and Mark Goodwin did Stage 6.  Johan got stuck into it and did 3 B-Rel Coach jumps with Reece.

Mark AFF Stage 6 – photo by Adrian
Johan B-Rel exit – photo by Reece
Johan B-Rel 6.1 – photo by Reece
Johan B-Rel 6.3 – photo by Reece

Friday was a better day. 30 fun jumpers were here and 6 loads were done. Students Nathan did Stages 2 & 3, Randall did Stages 6 & 7 and  Sarah did Stages 8 & 9 – completing her AFF Course. Congratulations! 👏 Renee, Helen, and Keren all did B-Rel Coach jumps.

Randall AFF Stage 6 – photo by Adrian
Randall AFF Stage 7 – photo by Adrian
Nathan AFF Stage 3 – Photo by OliM
Sarah AFF Stage 8 – Photo by Bibi
Sarah focused before exiting for her AFF Stage 9 – Photo by Bibi
Helen B-Rel 1 – photo by OliM
Renee B-Rel 2 – Photo by OliM
Renee B-Rel 3 – photo by OliM
Keren B-Rel 4 – Photo by Bibi

On Saturday the pace picked up after the fog lifted. There were 52 fun jumpers and 12 loads went up. Our Tandems today were Rachel and Ken.  New AFF student Mark did TAFF Stage 1.  Mark, Ashley and Sam did B-Rel Coach jumps.

Rachel tandem – photo by Adrian
Ken enjoying his Tandem – photo by Robin (Robin experiencing mitosis mid air. 🤣)
Ash B-Rel 1 – photo by Adrian
Ash B-Rel 2 – photo by Adrian
Sam B-Rel 5 – photo by Reece
Sam – photo by Reece
Sam tracking – photo by Reece
Josh deploying – photo by Reece

Sunday was weathered out and there was no jumping.

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.


Reviews & Visitor Book Comments

🌟 Kenny – “There is (sic) no words to explain how good this is!! Thank you.” 

Testimonials


Upcoming Events


DZ Flashback – Blast From The Past

Click on the album below for historical photos.

And visit our Ramblers history webpage for more info…

One of my all time favorite dropzones in all the world, which is saying something, because I have jumped at hundreds of dropzones. Wonderful people running the place, wonderful people jumping there. Safe operation in every way, and tons of fun!

“all time favorite” – by Brian Germain

Skydive Ramblers Newsletter